# Count To A Million Thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7646 "2022-11-15T11:00:53Z")

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7498

Asleep … tired … or it malingers,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7647 "2022-11-18T09:29:38Z")

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7499

Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7648 "2022-11-18T13:12:40Z")

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7500

Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7649 "2022-11-19T00:03:02Z")

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7501

Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7650 "2022-11-19T08:38:48Z")

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7502

But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7651 "2022-11-19T08:45:45Z")

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7503

Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7652 "2022-11-19T09:41:29Z")

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7504

I am no prophet — and here’s no great matter;

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7653 "2022-11-23T05:22:09Z")

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7505

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7654 "2022-11-23T10:26:31Z")

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7506

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7655 "2022-11-26T05:14:46Z")

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7507

And in short, I was afraid.

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7656 "2022-11-26T09:07:17Z")

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7508

And would it have been worth it, after all,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7657 "2022-11-28T07:04:58Z")

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7509

After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7658 "2022-11-28T15:26:38Z")

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7510

Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7659 "2022-11-30T04:07:57Z")

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7511

Would it have been worth while,

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/7660 "2022-11-30T08:56:16Z")

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7512

To have bitten off the matter with a smile,

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